r/kettlebell

Challenge started by u/Few_Abbreviations_50

Decided to not do continuous hand to hand like u/bpeezer which i think costed me some reps.

But fun challenge!

Been keeping an eye on my 200 rep goal for 36 kg OALC in one workout. Seems plausible but pretty daunting. Things go awry: back, knees, hands etc. I want it to happen easily. Ive done 4 workouts of 150 reps and those have gotten easier. been throwing in double long cycle and some pentathlons to improve full body strength and cardio. hope to have a 200 reps in the bank soon!

Also QOTSA. Super fucking sloppy but this is just about max effort for me lol. I could maybe eke out a few more reps with better sprint technique. I had to try though since everybody else did so many more than me ☺️

Please enjoy 3 minutes of me looking like I don’t know how to snatch as I try to figure out what will help me go faster 🤦🏽‍♀️🤣 Thumbs forward helped, as well as a speed switch on the upswing. Still can’t do hand to hand like bpeezer. I’m too clumsy. It was really hard for me to not revert back to what I’m used to at any rate.

Thank you to everybody who’s tried! Hopefully you felt like you needed to puke as much as I do right now. And now I need to DHS 😔

I couldn’t squat this weight.

Not due to leg strength, but due to physics and strength limitations elsewhere.

If I tried to squat, I would need to have some forward trunk lean, this would ask a lot of my core (specifically lower back) to keep me as extended as possible so I don’t lose the bell forward.

But in a lunge, I can stay upright with my torso, which lets me keep the bell in a position that keeps the loading more specifically on the legs vs the trunk.

You’ll notice I’m also “cheating” with my rack position. Again-once bells are hard enough it becomes a physics problem in that the bastards are so big they create more pull forward not only due to weight but also the actually distance out in front of you. By cheating my rack onto my shoulder AND using two legs I let my lower body still be a lower body drill instead of simply a rack hold drill.

TL;DR > unilateral lower body drills are excellent ways to achieve more load per leg muscle compared to squats and dead’s done bilaterally.

Press Test Day!!
Week 8 Day 2 ABF - ran the program with 20/24kg offsets and tested with 2x24kg bells
Ran the ABC cold with the double 24kg and hit 30 in 28:45

100 presses completed with
2,3,5 scheme (first set 2,3,5,10)
Completed in 25 minutes

10 reps were a grind - and I knew after the first set that I would not be able to get to 100 with a 23510 scheme. Had a few push presses here and there. Overall I’d call it a pass but I can definitely do better.

Figured I would post this as information in case any others newer to kettlebell like myself were unaware. The handles on the 12-32kg competition bells often come painted with a clear coat to prevent rust during transit/storage and as a result will not hold chalk. There is a fix.

Painters tape around the bottom of the horns to protect the body and a layer or so of citristrip gel left on for 20-30 minutes removes the clear coat. Wipe off excess gel, scrub handle with the remaining gel with a scour pad to remove any stubborn clear coat, clean with alcohol and it’s done.

Now the handles actually hold chalk and my hands love it after the session today. Should have done this a while ago.

Edit: The correct method is to clean with odorless mineral spirits and then isopropyl to clear the oil left from the former. I did not do this but my handles feel great now so I don’t mind.

Here is my submission, I’ll call it 79 reps as I believe the time ended about a half second before I finished the 80th. Had fun! Feel free to roast my snatch technique as I’ve never trained them super consistently.

Doing this with a federenko bell makes it funnier somehow.

Worth noting

1-I’m not worrried about fixation in a sprint set
2-I got a need…a need for speed
3-if you’re not first your last
4-I live my life, one set at a time.
5-I’m aware this doesn’t hit “standard” for hardstyle or GS. Hitting what is ultimately an arbitrary standard has basically nothing to do with eliciting a physical stimulus. Snatches done as fast as possible like this is sorta akin to sprinting. Bigger eccentric, big brake at top too. I can tell it helps make the slower normal snatches feel easier. It’s also what I believe plays a role In my ability to snatch heavier without owning and practice with big bells.

KB sport is crazy impressive. Hardstyle is effective training. But I’m gonna tease myself and have lighthearted
Mockery always. If you catch yourself being offended here-do a quick internal check and realize you shouldn’t be. Giggle along with the cliches.

I am 20M

5'9 75kgs , Indian, looking for a tight budget options

(3,6,9,12) Ladders x 2 each side. 120 reps total

Had to take a break In between the sets of 12 on both rounds, but 60 reps each side 120 reps total in 20min! HUGE improvements since day 1 five weeks ago.

Anybody??? I got 64. Whoever wins gets bragging rights and gets to pick another challenge. I don’t care what weight you use and I don’t even care if you put the bell down 🤣

I know I keep periodically posting trying to make challenges a thing again and they’re not happening. But I’m exceptionally good at doing the same shit over and over again if no one noticed LOL.

Also yes, this set was terrible. I’m really out of GS shape and it shows. I need to start running again. So so so bad.

Had to give it a shot since /u/Few_Abbreviations_50 called me out. Who’s going next to try to push us over 100?

The best thing about juggling is that you can learn sth new everyday

I'm looking to buy some kettlebells but I'm a bit confused.

On a website I was looking at, some bells are clearly made of cast iron- they look like it, they're on the more expensive end and also the description is clearly indicates the material they're made of.

On the other hand, there are some "Vinyl coated" bells that look good, but I'm not sure what they're made of as vinyl is the only thing that mentioned.

They are a bit more affordable than the ones mentioned above, but in the pictures they look small and compact so I don't believe they're filled with sand (or whatever powder they put in).

Is there a way to tell the material? If it's allowed, I'll add the link to the product I was looking into.

EDIT:

This the set I looked into:

https://www.elverys.ie/products/rival-vinyl-coat-kettlebell-intermediate-set

This is the page of just the 8kg that is part of the set. In the images of the lady holding it and the hand grabbing, it look quite small so I presume it's iron:

https://www.elverys.ie/products/rival-vinyl-coated-kettlebell-8kg

What do you think?

3:30 am session in the books. First time squatting since April when I hurt my knee at The NEKC. Felt ok and stable so I have a starting point now.
Today’s work
20kg Snatch 2’x 5 205 reps
Double 20kg Jerk 1’ x 5 sprints 200 reps
Double 20kg TALC 1’ x 5 sprints 50 reps
Double 20kg ABC 3 rounds x 10 q

19.08.26: Endurance (2x24kg)

Total Training Time: 35:46

Heart Rate: 132bpm average/ 155bpm max

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Block A: Circuit - 60s rest between rounds

5 Swings

5 Cleans

5 Press

5 Squat Cleans

X5 - 100 total reps (2x24kg Kettlebells)

Accessory Exercise ⬇️

Barbell Bent Over Rows

15, 15, 20, 20, 28

98 total reps (50kg Barbell)

Assault Bike - 5 to 6 RPE

9:00 minutes total

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Block B: Finishers

(+50kg Barbell/ +24kg Kettlebell/ +100kg Trap Bar)

A: Strength

7 Barbell Skullcrushers (50kg Barbell)

B: Hypertrophy

20 Tempo Bench Press (50kg Barbell)

C: Strength 2

10 Towel Curls (24kg Kettlebell)

D: Hypertrophy 2

Stiff-Leg Deadlift, 25 Shrugs

26 total reps (100kg Trap Bar)

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Daily Bread:

Romans 7:1-12 KJV

[1] Know ye not, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law,) how that the law hath dominion over a man as long as he liveth? [2] For the woman which hath an husband is bound by the law to her husband so long as he liveth; but if the husband be dead, she is loosed from the law of her husband. [3] So then if, while her husband liveth, she be married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress: but if her husband be dead, she is free from that law; so that she is no adulteress, though she be married to another man. [4] Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God. [5] For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. [6] But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter. [7] What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet. [8] But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence. For without the law sin was dead. [9] For I was alive without the law once: but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died. [10] And the commandment, which was ordained to life, I found to be unto death. [11] For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it slew me. [12] Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good.